Category: Fiction

. . . That Thou Art Mindful of Him — Isaac Asimov

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. . . That Thou Art Mindful of Him -- Isaac AsimovYou can find this in The Complete Robot and The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories.

U.S. Robots are under threat and need to find a way to stay afloat. &npsp; So the George series is created to solve the problem.

George Nine and George Ten get to work and save the day, but at what cost?

A really good ending to this one.

Next up is The Bicentennial Man.

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Feminine Intuition — Isaac Asimov

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Feminine Intuition -- Isaac AsimovYou can find this in The Complete Robot, The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories and Robot Visions.

Susan Calvin has finally retired and handed over to one of her best understudies, Clinton Madarian.   Clinton decides that what the world needs is a girl robot, so he gets one built, Jane.

Clinton and Jane are travelling back to U.S. Robots with very important information when their air car gets destroyed by a meteor.   But it seems that Jane told one other person and they then have to get Susan back into the office to find out who.

Another good story.

Next story is . . . That Thou Art Mindful of Him

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The Evitable Conflict — Isaac Asimov

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The Evitable Conflict -- Isaac AsimovYou can find this in The Complete Robot, Robot Visions and I, Robot.

The Earth is now divided into regions, each with a “Machine” managing their economies.   However, things aren’t playing out as one would expect and the Machines are all doing very odd things with their respective economies.

Stephen Byerley, who is now World Coordinator has invited, a now very old, Susan Calvin around for a fireside chat about what’s going wrong.

This is another good story giving us a premonition of the Zeroth Law that is to come in the future.

Next up is Feminine Intuition.

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Galactic Empires — Anthology

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Galactic Empires -- Anthology

Winning Peace • [Jackaroo] – 2007 — Paul J. McAuley
Night’s Slow Poison – 2012 — Ann Leckie
All the Painted Stars – 2012 — Gwendolyn Clare
Firstborn – 2005 — Brandon Sanderson
Riding the Crocodile – 2005 — Greg Egan
The Lost Princess Man – 2009 — John Barnes
The Waiting Stars – 2013 — Aliette de Bodard
Alien Archeology • [Polity Universe] – 2007 — Neal Asher
The Muse of Empires Lost – 2006 — Paul M. Berger
Ghostweight – 2011 — Yoon Ha Lee
A Cold Heart – 2014 — Tobias S. Buckell
The Colonel Returns to the Stars – 2004 — Robert Silverberg
The Impossibles • [Retrieval Artist] – 2011 — Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Utriusque Cosmi – 2009 — Robert Charles Wilson
Section Seven – 2003 — Jack Campbell
Invisible Empire of Ascending Light – 2008 — Ken Scholes
The Man with the Golden Balloon • [The Great Ship Universe] – 2008 — Robert Reed
Looking Through Lace • [Looking Through Lace • 1] – 2003 — Ruth Nestvold
A Letter from the Emperor – 2010 — Steve Rasnic Tem
The Wayfarer’s Advice • [The Imperials Saga] – 2010 — Melinda M. Snodgrass
Seven Years from Home – 2010 — Naomi Novik
Verthandi’s Ring – 2007 — Ian McDonald

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